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Michael Palandra Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-01-01 Country: Canada
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NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2017-18 Aurora Tigers OJHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2018-19 Aurora Tigers OJHL 47 4 21 25 0.532 0.1304 0.1365 0.3641 0.3811
2019-20 King Rebellion OJHL 51 10 18 28 0.549 0.1346 0.1346 0.3758 0.3758
2020-21 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 15 1 3 4 0.267 0.1028 0.1028 0.3886 0.3886
2021-22 Cobourg Cougars OJHL 30 3 18 21 0.700 0.1716 0.1546 0.4791 0.4317
2022-23 Nipissing Univ. usports 10 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2023-24 Nipissing Univ. usports 3 1 0 1 0.333 — — — —
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2025-26 Canton D3 SUNYAC SR 16 1 2 3 0.188
2024-25 Canton D3 SUNYAC JR 14 1 1 2 0.143
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.14
2024-25 · Canton
2.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
55%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6569
Defenseman overall
#1450
Defenseman born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tal Halliday
Concordia · 2021-22
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Jordan Fader
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2017-18
0.571 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew McCann
SUNY Cortland · 2017-18
0.680 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.